SELECTED PORTFOLIO OF PROFESSIONAL WORK Vincenzo Polsinelli AIA NCARB 340 East 93 Street Suite 7C New York, NY 10128 1.917.476.5832
Résumé
VINCENZO POLSINELLI AIA NCARB 340 East 93 Street, Suite 7C New York, NY 10128 917 476 5832
Professional Status
Registered Architect 1983 New York State; Italy 2010 American Institute of Architects, AIA Member National Council of Architectural Registration Board, NCARB Member # 135411 Ordine Degli Architetti #3748 (European Union registration and IVA)
Education
Master of Architecture in Emerging Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Bachelor of Architecture with Departmental Honors, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Associate Degree in Civil Technology — Architectural, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY
Award
National Honor Award in design from The American Institute of Architects for the TV Production Project located in Lower Manhattan (Duane Street), NYC.
2002 1976 1971
Digital Skills
AutoCAD 2015 (2D & 3D), Rhino (basic knowledge), Revit (trained), Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, MS Office, Adobe Products - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Languages
English (mother language), French (fluent) and Italian (fluent)
Professional Experience – Practice Areas listed on Second Page 2013.08 – 2014.12
David Chipperfield Architects, Milan, Italy Design Project Manager Prepare design packages and design standards for projects in NYC and London, emphasis on Valentino Stores Worldwide. Prepare Schematics, Design Development, Construction sets; create office submittals procedures, coordinate consultants, prepare project schedules and coordinate with various team leaders regarding technical queries.
2010.01 – 2013.07
V Polsinelli Architect Design Consultant, Milan, Italy Design Project Manager Responsible for implementing the building design on behalf of the UAE government, office building and interiors, built in collaboration with American, European and Korean companies. Manage the design process through all project phases.
2005.10 – 2009.08
Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Architecture and Urban Design, New York, N.Y. Partner Project design manager in charge of Cultural and Education work, Marketing. Manage contracts with clients, consultants; organize project teams, prepare fees, staff budgeting, contract negotiating, and project scheduling.
2004.05 – 2005.09
Swanke Hayden Connell, Architects, New York, N.Y. Associate Project Manager / Designer / Sector Leader for Higher Ed and Cultural Institution; Marketing. Preparing contracts between clients, consultants; preparation of fees, staff budgeting, contract negotiating, and project scheduling.
2002.08 – 2004.04
Perkins & Will Architects, New York, N.Y. Associate Project Architect / Designer for Education projects; Marketing. Preparing contracts between clients, consultants; preparation of fees, staff budgeting, contract negotiating, and project scheduling.
1995.08 — 2002.08
V Polsinelli, Architect, New York, N.Y. Sole Practitioner Adaptive Re-use project in Lower Manhattan – won National AIA Design – Offices for TV Production Company, plus four story roof expansion (Landmarks Approved); and 120 unit Residential Atrium Apartment building. Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects (I.M.Pei & Partners), New York, N.Y. Associate Associate-in-charge of selective Performing Arts Theatres, Office Buildings and Public Space projects. Manage the design, organize tasks, facilitate team efforts, and correspondences.
1983.02 - 1995.08
1981.01 — 1983.02
Richard Meier and Partners, New York, N.Y. Designer-in-charge of Museum construction drawings. Organize the technical production, deliverables, and distribution of drawings.
1979.01 – 1980.04
Atelier Jullian, Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente, Architect, Paris, France Designer-in-charge of French Embassy projects in Washington and Rabat, Morocco for Paris based Architect. PR
VINCENZO POLSINELLI AIA NCARB 340 East 93 Street, Suite 7C New York, NY 10128 917 476 5832 PRACTICE AREAS
CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT OFFICE Office Tower, New York, New York Office Tower, New York, New York Office Tower, San Francisco, California Office Towers, Los Angeles, California Office Tower, Dusseldorf, Germany Office Towers, Reston, Virginia Office Towers, Brooklyn, New York Corporate Offices, Richmond, California Corporate Offices, Beverly Hills, California International Trade Center, Barcelona, Spain Fashion Design Center and Housing, Berlin, Germany Corporate Office, Paris, France Offices, New York, New York New Regional Offices (Interiors), Rome, Italy Lobby, New York, New York
Forty-Second Street Development Woodner Development Griffen Development Griffen Development City of Dusseldorf Reston Development Albee Square Development Pixar Animations Studio Creative Artist Agency City of Barcelona City of Berlin Renault Corporation TV Production Company Abbott Laboratories Thor Properties
Credits PCF&P PCF&P PCF&P PCF&P PCF&P CRP CRP PCF&P PCF&P PCF&P PCF&P RM&P VPA VPA DCA
MIXED USE / COMMERICAL Office and Hotel Complex, Los Angeles, California Retail and Offices, Reston, Virginia Retail Center, Moscow, Russia Valentino Flagship Stores, New York & London
Lindquist Development Reston Development Varshaskva Development Valentino Worldwide Real Estate
PCF&P CRP SHCA DCA
CULTURAL Performing Arts Center, Bangor, Maine Performing Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia Museum Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia Opera House and Library, Athens, Greece
University of Maine Christopher Newport University City of Des Moines City of Atlanta Stavros Niarchos Foundation
PCF&P PCF&P RM&P RM&P CRP
EDUCATION Business School, Houston, Texas School of Social Work, Hunter College, New York Training Academy, New York Sciences and Technology, New Jersey Science Laboratory, Baltimore, Maryland Research Laboratory, New York, New York Bard Hall Entry Pavillion, New York, New York Pre-School, New York, New York
University of Houston City of New York New York City Fire Department Seton Hall University Baltimore Schools American Museum of Natural History Columbia University Le Jardin A L’Ouest Pre-School
CRP CRP SHCA P+W P+W P+W P+W VPA
RESIDENTIAL Residential Towers, Brooklyn, New York Residential Towers, Reston, Virginia Private Villa, Antigua, West Indies Residential Towers, Istanbul, Turkey Atrium Apartments, Scotia, New York Loft Residences, New York, New York
Albee Square Development Reston Development Private Akasaya Development PP&S Construction Development Duane Street Development
CRP CRP CRP SHCA VPA VPA
PR
GOVERNMENT Shah Sour Gas Field Energy Command Center Takreer Energy Command Center Habshan Command Center NGL4 Command Center French Embassy & Employee Housing, Rabat, Morocco French Embassy, Washington, DC
Aabu Dhabi National Oil Company Abu Dhabi Oil Refinery Company Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Abu Dhabi Gas Industries French Ministry French Ministry
VPA VPA VPA VPA AJ AJ
PEI COBB FREED & PARTNERS (formerly I.M.Pei & Partners) – PCF&P RICHARD MEIER & PARTNERS – RM&P COOPER ROBERTSON & PARTNERS – CRP SWANKE HAYDEN CONNELL ARCHITECTS – SHCA PERKINS + WILL ARCHITECTS – P+W V POLSINELLI ARCHITECT – VPA ATELIER JULLIAN – AJ DAVID CHIPPERFIELD ARCHITECTS - DCA
Portfolio of Professional Work
One Park Center Tower San Francisco Redevelopment Agency San Francisco, California Project Designer working closely with the partner-in-charge developing ideas, making study models and design drawings. The project was won by design competition. Worked on the schematics, design development and construction drawings. Coordinated my duties with the project manager and consultants. Obtained design approvals from the San Francesco Redevelopment Agency.
Site is located in the Yerba Buena district of San Francisco, diagonally across the convention center. Viewed from the south approaching the city, the design recalls the city landmark Coit Tower. The massing is articulated to reduce the visual impact of 35 floors. Adjacent and incorporated into the design is a four-story historic structure. Vincenzo Polsinelli / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
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Forty-Second Street Project New York City, New York Project Designer working with the Design Partner preparing multiple concept designs. My work consisted of preparing designs that responded to zoning studies, bulk and massing diagrams. Organized client presentations, produced final design drawings and coordinated the work for the model.
This project is a development for a commercial high-rise structure (975 feet) and retail complex. Project is located on a preeminent site in mid-town on Sixth Avenue at FortySecond and Forty-Third Streets extending mid-block. Articulated massing facing the avenue and Bryant Park is intended to maintain the urban context. Vertical slots give height emphasis to the massing and setbacks give scale. Vincenzo Polsinelli / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
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Highrise Office Building Competition Dusseldorf, Germany Project Designer with shared responsibilities for preparing multiple studies. Worked closely with the partner-in-charge to develop ideas, make study models and prepare final design. Coordinated the submission.
The setting for the project is the KÜlner Strasse adjacent to the city’s major park. On the ground level this project maximizes the opportunities for pedestrian circulation addressing open space and public access by creating gardens and promenades. The tower mass makes a memorable landmark shape providing geometric distinction and different profiles from any view position. Energy efficient design results in all offices having operable windows with views to the exterior. The project area is 85,000 square meters comprising the Tower (40 floors) and adjacent low-rise buildings. Vincenzo Polsinelli / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
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Wilshire Development Los Angeles, California Project Designer working closely with the partner-in-charge developing ideas, making study models and design drawings.
The site is on Wilshire Boulevard of the Miracle Mile district and adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits. The project proposes two office buildings with below grade parking, and shops on the ground level. A line drawn between the opposite corners of the site makes a 1 to 3 angle used to organize the structures. Building volumes derived from cut and segmented circles create unobstructed views to the surrounding Hollywood Hills. Vincenzo Polsinelli / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
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Creative Artists Agency Beverly Hills, California Project Manager directing the team, responsible for the daily advancement of the work, prepared the work plan, staffing, fees, consultants’ scope, O/A and A/C agreements; reviewed / commented on estimates; organized the drawing documents, detailing and specifications for each phase; and coordinated with staff. Managed the consultants in NYC and in LA; coordinated with the client’s construction manager, the local executive architect and contractor during both pre-construction and construction phases. A 3-story headquarters building for a talent agency. The atrium is designed as a reception hall circuited by open walkways and glazed offices putting interior activities on display to encourage personal interaction. Illuminated at night, it transforms the building into a glowing urban lantern at the gateway to Beverly Hills. Vincenzo Polsinelli / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
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Valentino Flagship Store Fifth Avenue, New York City, USA Located at the base of the existing 18 Story building a new eight story facade recalls the Seagram Building on Park Avenue by Mies van der Rohe. The 11,000 square feet flagship store expresses an example of the new concept store development. The design combines the old and new to generate a palazzo-like atmosphere promoting an architectural retail format.
Technical Design Leader for construction with local contractors and Euorpean Teams. Coordinate european suppliers for the Curtainwall (Seele), terrazzo, and lighting. Responsibilities to develop design detail stardards for Valentino Worldwide.
Vincenzo Polsinelli / David Chipperfield Architects
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Continental City Los Angeles, California Project Manager responsible for daily advancement of the work in coordination with other team members. Prepared work plans, staffing projections, organized the drawing documents, detailing, coordinating specifications and review / comment on estimates. Managed the consultants in NYC and in LA coordinating their respective work. Mix-use project located to the east of Los Angeles airport on 29 acres of flat treeless terrain. The space program of three million square feet consists of offices, hotels, convention facilities and restaurants. The plan internalizes the public realm creating a major open garden in the center, framed by two hotels and three office buildings. Each building has multiple story atriums which bring natural light into the internal offices and rooms. The articulated precast concrete faรงade panels are enhanced by sunlight. Vincenzo Polsinelli / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
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Mixed Use Development Master Plan Reston, Virginia Lead Designer for the commercial and residential buildings. Responsible for massing studies that responded to the various development options of site density and tract assembly; prepared statistics. Designs demonstrated development opportunities both within the various new parcels and over the entire site. Worked in the context of a larger team and coordinated them. Presentations made to developer. The site is along the Washington – Dulles Toll Road. Commercial buildings are situated along the highway and are shaped to optimize views. Residential and hotel buildings are located along the local road. Between the residential and commercial structures are green spaces full of shops and amenities for the public. Gardens and water create internal spaces linking the different parcels. Total development is 3.7 million square feet.
Vincenzo Polsinelli / Cooper, Robertson & Partners
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Ferguson Center for the Arts Christopher Newport University Newport News, Virginia Project Manager responsible for the daily advancement of the work in coordination with the client and the local executive architect.
The project involved the renovation of a former high school gymnasium into a performing arts center. The 148,500 square feet complex included a new 1,750-seat proscenium theater equipped with fine acoustics and advanced technical capabilities to accommodate symphony, opera, dance, musical theater, and various ensemble performances. The adjoining former gymnasium houses a 500-seat Music and Theater Hall and a 200seat Studio Theater. Critical to the design is a sweeping colonnade that connects all three theaters with the new parking facility. Vincenzo Polsinelli / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
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Collins Center For the Arts Addition Hutchins Concert Hall / Hudson Museum The University of Maine Orono, ME Technical Designer for the glass entry pavilion added to the existing building. Responsible for designing and detailing of curtainwall system and structure. Prepared curtainwall package for construction and pricing by construction manager.
The Collins Center for the Arts, a cultural focus of the University and surrounding region, comprises of the Hutchins Concert Hall - 1,629 seats - and the Hudson Museum. The concert hall is a multi-use space serving primarily as a venue for performing arts. The glass pavilion creates a new entrance space to host large gatherings for academic and public events.
Vincenzo Polsinelli / Cooper, Robertson & Partners
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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Program and Master Plan Study Athens, Greece Project Manager in charge of the three project components. Responsible for consultant organization, programming and preparing concept design for The National Opera building (1,400 seats). Attended user interviews, prepared interim reports, coordinated the New York and Athens consultants, and prepared documents to estimate, review / comment on budgets. The Cultural Center, located next to the waterfront, consists of a new cultural and educational park, the National Opera and the National Library. Physical site constraints and urban issues – such as maintaining view corridors to the Acropolis – were considered while formulating the guidelines to determine building locations. Site area of 170,000 square meters with approximately 60% open space.
Vincenzo Polsinelli / Cooper, Robertson & Partners
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High Museum of Art Atlanta, Georgia Technical Designer responsible for detailing in coordination with other team members and consultants. Prepared sketches of construction details distributed in advance to consultants and contractor. Final working drawings were prepared from the same sketches. Construction followed the “fast track� method as the sketches served to deliver the design intent while the museum was in construction.
At the end of the exterior ramp one enters the museum and passes into the open fourstory atrium. The light-filled atrium space is inspired by the central space of the NYC Guggenheim Museum. A separation of circulation and gallery space allows the atrium to organize the system of movement. This separation also allows the atrium walls to have windows which admit natural light and offer framed views of the city. Vincenzo Polsinelli / Richard Meier & Partners
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Des Moines Art Center Addition Des Moines, Iowa Technical Designer responsible for detailing in coordination with other team members and consultants. Prepared sketches of construction details distributed in advance to consultants and contractor. Final working drawings were prepared from the same sketches. Construction followed the “fast track� method as the sketches served to deliver the design intent while the museum was in construction.
The museum was designed in 1948 by Eliel Saarinen and consisted of a U-shaped plan. In 1965, I.M. Pei added a block closing the original U-plan in order to create an internal sculpture court. The addition was designed as series of separate volumes to accommodate the required expansion without producing a large mass. Accordingly, three new additions were located around the existing complex. Vincenzo Polsinelli / Richard Meier & Partners
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Bauer College of Business University of Houston Houston, TX Lead Designer for the expansion to and re-design of the existing building (triangle shape). Developed and prepared space needs, investigated different campus sites and designed various conceptual schemes. Coordinated consultants, conducted faculty interviews / presentations, and prepared budgets.
The existing building could not accommodate the projected student growth anticipated over a 10-year period. It was demonstrated that an additional 195,000 square feet of space would be necessary to meet the School’s needs. The expansion is defined by a central courtyard that incorporates the existing building so that the campus’ open spaces are enhanced.
Vincenzo Polsinelli / Cooper, Robertson & Partners
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Seton Hall Life Sciences and Technology Center at Seton Hall University South Orange, New Jersey Lead Designer and Manager directing the team responsible for the daily advancement of the work, prepared the work plan, staffing, fees, consultants’ scope, O/A and A/C agreements; organized the drawing documents, detailing and specifications for each phase; reviewed / commented on estimates; and coordinated with staff and consultants. A new expansion and re-design of the existing building creates a 90,000 square foot Life Science and Technology Center for the teaching and research programs of Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Computer Sciences, and Physics. The facility has open laboratories and state-of-the-art teaching and communication infrastructures. Innovative high performance energy-efficient electrical and mechanical systems function to service the facility. Vincenzo Polsinelli / Perkins + Will
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Dunbar Community High School Baltimore, Maryland Project Manager responsible for the daily advancement of the work, prepared the work plan, staffing; organized the drawing documents, detailing and specifications for each phase; reviewed and commented on estimates and coordinated with the local executive architect / consultants.
The existing four story school building required a complete renovation and re-cladding to accommodate a new program for 1,100 students, 261,000 square foot urban high school. Majority of teaching and learning spaces are located on the building’s perimeter, thus diminishing the enclosed and massive feel. A new dining hall is added to the north for student gathering and community functions. Vincenzo Polsinelli / Perkins + Will
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Bard Hall Student Life & Learning Center At Columbia University New York, New York Lead Designer and Manager directing the team producing conceptual designs for the new academic and student services space of 28,000 square feet. Organized and conducted school interviews, held meetings with facility personnel and made presentations to the school Dean and development office. The East Winter Garden serves as the new main entrance and as an “urban marker�. The glass is entirely transparent by the innovated use of building technology and materials; colorless and structural glass used in tension is connected to cable suspension system. The interconnecting helical stair provides for movement between levels. A West Winter Garden located on the lower level reveals spectacular views to the river and the George Washington Bridge .
Vincenzo Polsinelli / Perkins + Will
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TV Production Company New York City, New York An adaptive reuse project, the 1871 twostory building was re-built converting it to an advertising studio from warehouse use in lower Manhattan. The most was made out of organizing internal spaces in a long narrow shape with abutting buildings on three sides. The original cast-iron facade restored to respect the existing architecture in its industrial context. Reconstituted, it became a screen to the new building front wall of glass block and steel setback to create a recessed entrance behind the renewed original faรงade. Plan orientation allows views from deep inside to the park in front. Natural light filters through newly created openings of the glass floor terrace and restored cupola. The project was bestowed the American Institute of Architects national design award. .
Vincenzo Polsinelli / V Polsinelli Architects
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Manhattan Rooftop Addition Tribeca Historic District New York City, New York The project adds a 5-story residence above the commercial building completed independently 15 years earlier. Inspired by the existing cast iron screen below, the new threestory screen wall creates an open-air “winter garden� constructed of clear glass panels supported by a custom cast-bronze truss system 40 feet above the street. Facing north, this space includes landscaping intended to relate with the park in the front.
A glass elevator travels between the front screen walls and their background facades, linking the 20th century adaptive re-use project to the 21st century addition.
NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission approved. Vincenzo Polsinelli / V Polsinelli Architects
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Private Villa Guana Island, Antigua, West Indies Technical Designer investigating construction methods suitable for the isolated island collaborating with the partner in charge for design. Investigated use of off-site manufactured products such as pre-engineered wood structure, prefabrication components and repetitive elements.
Private villa of 22,000 square feet located on a site where the prevailing winds and views define its shape. The villa’s low profile below the tree line integrates the new construction into its setting. The long curving wall organizes the spaces, provides privacy and makes for a shaded promenade similar to Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, Italy. The roof is a single plane with patio interruptions between functional spaces; it is connected to the curved wall indirectly through a step accommodating clearstory windows and equipments.
Vincenzo Polsinelli / Cooper, Robertson & Partners
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Chancellery and Employee Housing French Embassy Campus Rabat, Morocco Designer collaborating with Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente developing ideas from sketches, making study models and design drawings for the Campus. This project was won by a design competition conducted in the USA. Worked in the Paris office developing the design from schematics, design development and construction drawings.
The Chancellery is a two story building with public areas in the half-level. This level, where security functions occur, connects the two main floors. Internal gardens are used for natural ventilation.
Vincenzo Polsinelli / Atelier Jullian